Old Town

Old Town is a lively pocket of adored local dining dens and awning-covered specialty shops centered about the quaint, storefront-lined North Wells Street corridor. Reminiscent of a staged Norman Rockwell scene, this endearing Chicagoneighborhood is garlanded with windowsill flower planters, traditional standing lampposts, ornate Wells Street entrance gates, and shadowed pedestrian alleys between the handsome 19^th century facades, aesthetically guarded by aged wrought iron and pruned overgrowth from garden patios. Old Town’s dated setting is exposed for its twenty-first century reality by the swift crowds of urbanites, ducking in and out of paint-layered doors, and the minority of redeveloped edifices with sleek new exteriors and chic, big city influences. Beyond the well-visited dining and entertainment district, Old Town is a lovely arrangement of quiet residential blocks with expensive vintage real estate and top-ranking elementary schools boasting multilingual and accelerated programs.